Re: [ath9k-devel] [PATCH v2] ath9k: Add support for ITS-G5 band (5.9 GHz)

2015-11-02 Thread Jouni Malinen
On Mon, Nov 02, 2015 at 11:22:57AM +0100, Michal Sojka wrote: > The patch adds support for Intelligent Transportation System (ITS-G5) > band to the ath9k driver. NAK. This would enable use of licensed 5.9 GHz band on large number of deployed "world roaming" cards. This would allow one to set up an

Re: [ath9k-devel] [PATCH v2] ath9k: Add support for ITS-G5 band (5.9 GHz)

2015-11-02 Thread Jouni Malinen
On Mon, Nov 02, 2015 at 06:33:45PM +0100, Michal Sojka wrote: > Can this be solved by having proper/new regulatory flags on these > channels that would prohibit running AP or scanning on these channels? I'm not sure that alone is sufficient, but yes, I think this should be done as part of the solu

Re: [ath9k-devel] [PATCH v2] ath9k: Add support for ITS-G5 band (5.9 GHz)

2015-11-02 Thread Jouni Malinen
On Mon, Nov 02, 2015 at 07:38:57PM +0100, Michal Sojka wrote: > We discussed that about a year ago [1]. The thing is that regulatory > documents do not talk about modes (at least in Europe). They only talk > about channel widths, EIRP etc. and say that the band is designated for > Intelligent Trans